Guard for incandescent-electric-light globes



(No Model.)

J. MINO. GUARD FOR INGANDESGENT ELECTRIC LIGHT GLOBES.

No. 442,071. Patented Dec. 2, 1890.

fzzventar, Weep/Y 7/7720 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MINO, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

GUARD FOR INCANDESCENT-ELECTRlC-LIGHT GLOBES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,071, dated December2, 1890.

Application filed February 27, 1890- Serial No. 841,980. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH time, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoeand the State of Colorado, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Guards for Incandescent-Electric-Light Globes, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to guards for protecting the globes of incandescentelectric lights from breakage; and. my invention consists in features ofnovelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side view showing my guard attached to alight-socket. Fig. II is a View of the clamp for securing the guard.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the socket and 2 the globe of anincandescent electric light. To the neck of the socket is secured acircular clam p composed of band sections 3 and 4, connected at one sideby a hinge 5 and provided at the other side with lugs 6 and 7, connectedby a set-screw 8. On the lower edge of the band-sections 3 and 4 is aflange 9, in which are secured the inner ends of Wires 10, which extenddownward and are secured at their lower ends to a wire ring 11, the endsof which are connected by interlocking loops 12 and 13, which allow theinner end of the guard to expand and contract as the clamp 4 is openedand closed.

14 and 15 are transverse semicircular bracewires secured near the centerof the wires 10, disconnected at their adjacent ends, and for thepurpose of keeping the wires in even contour.

The operation of the device is as follows: It will be seen that byunscrewing the setscrew the clamp can be opened on the hinge 5, whichopens the guard at the inner end so that it can easily be placed overthe globe.

By my invention a very efficient guard is produced and one that can beeasily attached and detached, and when attached is very secure, and onewhich is of great value in protecting the globe from being struck andbroken, or in cases where the globe becomes detached for any reason forcatching it and preventing breakage from its falling.

I claim as my invention The guard, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, consisting of the wire ring 11, having interlocking loops 12and 13,by which its ends are loosely connected together, the body-wires10, secured by their outer ends to the wire ring, the hingedband-sections 3 4. having lugs 6 7 and flanges 9, and secured to theinner ends of the body-wires by means of their flanges, and theset-screw 3, working in the lugs for securing the guard to thesocket-neck of an incandescent electriclight.

J OS. MINO. In presence of W. D. WEsTEIELn, JAMES REED.

